In many different traditions lighting candles is a sacred action. It expresses more than words can express. You may want to begin or end your day by the sacred ritual of lighting a candle. Or…
Taking a Leap My name is Karoona Jhugaroo. I’m originally from Mauritius, grew up in England, and have been living in Ireland for seven years. One year ago I took a massive leap – I…
Building a Walking Movement By Susan Quirke Tucked away beneath the backdrop of the Bluestack Mountains, in the town of Trummon, Co Donegal, lives 36-year-old Keith Corcoran. While walking over mountains and rivers on his…
The Cuddle Chemical There’s a science to creating a world that’s happier, says neuroeconomist Paul Zak, who is also known as Doctor Love because he hugs everyone, and has been suggesting that…
Do people prefer to spread good news or bad news? Would we rather scandalize or enlighten? Which stories do social creatures want to share, and why? Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have intensively studied…
MINI-MOO A minuscule cow with a taste for contemporary music has been named the world’s smallest by the Guinness World Records book. Guinness says the sheep-sized bovine from the West Yorkshire region of northern England…
Happily Ever After In July 2008, while travelling in Australia, Julie Gorman was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. “To say this was an unexpected event that completely changed my life is an understatement, but it was…
The Moneyless Man Mark Boyle has completed a challenge which has been heralded the ultimate tribute to environmentalism, socialism and even humanitarianism: a year of moneyless living. On Buy Nothing Day, 28th November 2008, he…
Co-operative Pub for Local Community The Star Inn in Salford was given three weeks’ notice of closure, but, after locals clubbed together, the pub is back in business as a community-owned co-operative. The new pub…
The Hills are Alive with the Sound of Will and Ed Will and Ed, from Kent in the southeast of England, are on an unusual mission. Setting off from Canterbury in February, the twenty-somethings have…
By Patrick Bridgeman Life just keeps getting better and better, and even though the challenges in some areas of my life seem to be getting tougher, the good times far outweigh the bad, and the…
By Patrick Bridgeman Now is the perfect time to see if we are a glass half-full or a glass half-empty nation? Can we see the silver lining through the rain clouds? Certainly in the circles…
A Delicious Deal of a Meal by Patrick Bridgeman The team here at Positive Life magazine recently went for a belated Christmas dinner in Oliver‘s Eatery at Vaughans Eagle House, Terenure. While organising the night…
Life is beautiful. The other night I went to “The Funky Seomra“, a wonderful alcohol-free dance evening, where lots of my friends and I danced for hours in the huge room above Cultivate, the sustainable…
“You can’t watch out for bad things, and allow good things at the same time. It is vibrationally not possible. When you focus upon the problems of others, you diminish your ability to help them.…
The following is an excerpt from The Dalai Lama’s Book of Love & Compassion … “I feel that television and newspapers usually report negative things. Killings, for example, or unfortunate events are immediately reported. In…